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Opening Day 25 Seasons in the Making
Expectations were high for the 1986 Mets coming off a 98-win season a year ago. But on Opening Day the team was looking even further back as the Mets celebrated their 25th season. Former New York mayo ...
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Ron Darling Pitches in 1986 World Series
Before becoming a beloved Mets broadcaster, Ron Darling was just as beloved on the mound. Perhaps most famously, Darling was crucial to making the championship run in 1986. The righty finished the reg ...
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Rusty Staub Mets Hall of Fame Plaque
Rusty Staub was traded to the Mets in 1972 as the team tried to recapture the postseason magic of 1969. He helped the Mets to their second World Series appearance in 1973. Staub’s 4 home runs in the p ...
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Signed by the 1986 World Series Team
Coming off a Cy Young Award in 1985, Doc Gooden helped the Mets win the 1986 World Series title. The championship team signed a Gooden jersey, which included a Mets 25th anniversary sleeve patch.
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Straw’s Hot Start to 1986
Darryl Strawberry got off to a hot start in 1986 and helped the Mets win 59 games before the All-Star break. In his 73 games before the All-Star Game, Strawberry posted a .954 OPS, slugged 13 home run ...
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Strawberry Steals Second in the Series
Darryl Strawberry slid safely with one of his three stolen bases during the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. He and teammate Mookie Wilson were the first Mets to steal three bases in a si ...
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The Architects
Manager Davey Johnson and GM Frank Cashen, the partners who built the 1986 Mets and made them into World Series champions, celebrated after the series. Johnson, who once opposed the Mets as a member o ...
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The Big O Earns Three W’s
Jesse Orosco shared closing duties with Roger McDowell during the 1986 season, but in the playoffs, Mets manager Davey Johnson time and again gave the ball to Orosco late in the game. Orosco appeared ...
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The Greatest NLCS Ever?
The 108-win Mets ran into a formidable opponent in the NL West Champion Houston Astros as they battled for the NL Pennant. Led by NL Cy Young winner Mike Scott and former Met Nolan Ryan, the Astros ba ...
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The Houston Marathon
One of the greatest games in MLB playoff history saw the Mets outlast the Houston Astros in 16 innings, 7-6, to clinch their third National League Pennant. The Mets were nearly blanked as Astros start ...